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Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.

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Wednesday, 18 Mar 2015

Four young scientists from across the ACT and NSW have been nominated for the Australian National University Science Leadership Award.

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Wednesday, 18 Mar 2015
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The University’s flagship science communication program the Shell Questacon Science Circus has celebrated 30 years of inspiring Australians about science.

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Friday, 06 Mar 2015
  • Research story

Astronomers have glimpsed a far off and ancient star exploding, not once, but four times.

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Thursday, 05 Mar 2015
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When you see the word “infrastructure”, the first thing conjured in most people’s minds is roads, bridges and rail.

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